Talk:Marlin

I actually linked on the wikipedia article, and it appears that marlin is a deep sea fish, very unlikely to ever be found in a lake such as Spearfish Lake.

Is this a mistake, an in-joke, or is there some freshwater species also called marlin?--Samuelmichaels (talk) 05:11, 4 June 2012 (EST)

In the olden days, before the dam that raised Spearfish Lake was built, there was a collection of smaller lakes that ended in a rapids where Indians used to go to spear fish. That gave the lake it's name. Some years later, when a school mascot was being sought, someone realized that a marlin was a spearfish. Hence the name. --Wes (talk) 12:26, 4 June 2012 (EST)

Aha! Interesting. Should this be added to the main article?--Samuelmichaels (talk) 12:47, 4 June 2012 (EST)

Probably wouldn't hurt. --Wes (talk) 13:27, 4 June 2012 (EST)